It's about to get a little spooky around here! It's all about Halloween with today's product releases! With this amazing selection of Halloween goodies to work with, crafting for the little ghosts and goblins in your life doesn't have to be scary at all!
Are you ready to celebrate Halloween with a few new spooky (but cute) friends? This set includes 4 whimsical Halloween themed characters just perfect for adorning treat bag tags, cards, and even to use for scrapbook projects. The solid images are perfect for quick and easy projects, especially when you are mass producing treats for friends and decorating for parties!
The Details:
- Happy Spooky Halloween will be available for purchase on August 15th.
- It will retail for $15.
- Happy Spooky Halloween contains a total of 13 images. The cat image is just over 2” wide and is just over 2 1/4” tall. The bat image is just under 3/4” tall and is just under 2” wide. The “happy spooky halloween” sentiment is 1 3/4” wide and is just over 1/2” tall.
- A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $8. This collection includes a single die (4 wired shapes). 4-1/4" x 3-1/4"
Keep It Simple: Halloween is the seventh in a series of stamp sets allowing you to build a collection of basic, medium-sized sentiments, in a nice variety of fonts, that you can turn to again and again. With this edition we are focusing on "Halloween". The font choices will cover everything from modern to elegant.
The Details:
- Keep It Simple: Halloween will be available for purchase on August 15th.
- It will retail for $5.
- Keep It Simple: Halloween contains a total of 7 images. All of sentiments average between 2-1/4" and 2-3/8" long. They average between 1/4" and 1/2" tall.
The Details:
- Along Came a Spider will be available for purchase on August 15th.
- It will retail for $5.
- Along Came a Spider contains a total of 8 images. The complete corner spider web measures approximately 1-1/4" x 1-1/4". The "along came a spider" sentiment" measures approximately 1 x 3/8". The spider measures approximately 1-1/4" x 1-3/8".
- A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $12. This collection includes a single die (8 wired shapes). 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" (spider), 2-3/8" x 2-3/8" (full web), 2-3/8" x 1-1/4" (half web), 1-1/4" x 1-1/4" (quarter web)
Haunted Borders is a fun new Halloween border set designed by Lexi Daly, complete with ghosts, jack o' lanterns, a chain, and two caution tapes. From tricks and treats to pages and cards, these seasonal borders will add a perfect touch of haunted style to all of your Halloween projects.
The Details:
- Haunted Borders will be available for purchase on August 15th.
- It will retail for $15.
- Haunted Borders contains a total of 5 images. Each border is approximately 5-1/2 inches wide. The ghost border is about 1/2 inch tall, the jack o' lanterns just over 3/4 inches tall, and the chain and caution tapes each about 1/4 inch tall.
- A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $10. This collection includes a single die (4 wired shapes). 5-1/2" x 2-3/4", individual borders average between 3/8" and 7/8" tall
This die is designed to fit the short side of an A2 card. You can add emphasis to the stars dangling by die-cutting the separate stars in an alternate color or material! Think glitter, sequins and maybe some metallic too!
The Details:
- Dangled Stars die collection will be available for purchase on August 15th.
- It will retail for $12.
- Dangled Stars die collection contains a total of two dies. 4-1/4" x 4" (dangled stars border), 5" x 1/2" (row of stars)
This fabulous trick or treat die designed by Lizzie Jones, with it's integrated spider web, is just the thing for quick and easy Halloween projects! Not only can you add the "Along Came a Spider" elements, but also other spiders from previously released die collections! Lots of fun possibilities with this one!
The Details:
- Text Block: Halloween die will be available for purchase on August 15th.
- It will retail for $8.
- Text Block: Halloween die is a single die. 2-7/8" x 3-7/8"
This collage of candy corn frame will stay intact as one piece, making it super easy to work with. You can "add color" back in by paper piecing with card stock or patterned papers, or coloring the pieces with Copics, watercolors or some other medium. You might even be able to make some cool things with this die used as a mask! It was designed so any of the sentiments from Keep It Simple: Halloween would fit in the opening at the top, but of course you can use sentiments from other sets too!
The Details:
- Candy Corn Collage die will be available for purchase on August 15th.
- It will retail for $8.
- Candy Corn Collage die is a single die. 2-7/8" x 3-7/8"
Erin Lincoln does it again! This stitch-able pumpkin face is the cutest thing ever! You can pair it up with all sorts of things! Even the new Stitched Circle dies!
The Details:
- Seasonal Stitching: Pumpkin Face die collection will be available for purchase on August 15th.
- It will retail for $5.
- Seasonal Stitching: Pumpkin Face is a single die. Each version of the face measures 1-3/4" x 1-3/4".
Now that I've made all of the formal introductions, let's get onto the projects!
I could hardly wait to try out Erin's new Along Came a Spider stitiching dies and coordinating stamp set!
I started by die-cutting the circle for the moon from the top layer of cardstock. It was cut using the plain circle from the Limitless Layers: 2-1/2" Circle die collection. I stamped the two layer moon (from the new Full Moon set, more about this later in the week!) using Summer Sunrise and Orange Zest ink. The sentiment strip was created by stamping one of the Keep Simple: Halloween sentiments onto black cardstock and heat embossing it with White Filigree Embossing Powder.
I die-cut the the sitching holes only version of the spider and then stamped over it with the coordinating stamp, giving the look of stitching with hardly any effort!
I used a piece of black floss to run from the spider and in & around the moon window.
My next card showcases the way to cute ghost from Happy Spooky Halloween.
I stamped him onto my Smokey Shadow card front with Fresh Snow ink and then added stars around him with True Black. The speech bubble was die cut with one of the Bubble Talk diesm stamped with a sentiment from Happy Spooky Halloween.
I just love these new caution tape borders for Lexi's Haunted Borders set. They are the cutest things ever! I die-cut these from three colors and then stamped them a shade darker, layering them on my card front with foam tape.
Everything was adhered to a clean, crisp white card base.
I'm head over heels for this Candy Corn Collage die (and I *think* there is a lovely stamper named Pat that will be pretty excited about it too!). It is so easy to use and gives you such great results every time!
I die-cut the collage die from white cardstock three times and layered them together for a thicker chipboard look. I also die-cut the shape from Summer Sunrise and Orange Zest cardstocks and inserted the pieces into the appropriate areas.
This sentiment from the previously released Trick or Treat set was the perfect thing to add to the upper portion of the die. I heat embossed it with White Filigree Embossing Powder.
The white embossing pops on the Soft Stone background.
Here's another project using the Candy Corn Collage die, this time mixing it with Happy Spooky Halloween.
And here's a little tip. If you want to add color to your cany corn the easy way, impress the Candy Corn Collage die onto white cardstock, running it through your machine just as you would an impression plate. Add color to the appropriate areas using Copics, colored pencils or even watercolors. Then die-cut a second frame and adhered it right over your impressed area, lining the two up. Quick, easy and flawless every time.
I added a die-cut and stamped cat from Happy Spooky Halloween to the corner of my card. The little guy is stamped in True Black.
On the other end of the frame I added one of the sentiments from the same set, plus a small cluster of black rhinestones.
I used Polka Dot Basics III to add Simply Chartreuse polka dots around the frame. I love how this Candy Corn Collage die looks great horizontal and vertical!
The new Dangled Stars die is another one of my favorites from this release. I die-cut it from the white card front and adhered it to a Soft Stone card base.
There is a seperate die to cut out stars that coordinate with the main die. I cut them from Limeade Ice, Aqua Mist and Harvest Gold cardstock and nested them into their openings.
This sentiment from the previously released Super Stars set was the perfect thing to use with this border. It is stamped in Palette Charcoal ink.
I also used a 2-way glue pen to add a few dots of adhesive and sprinkled them with Prisma glitter.
For my last card I got to play around with the new Text Block: Halloween card. I love, love, LOVE how Lizzie incorporated a spider web into the words "trick or treat". Such a great design!
The Text Block was die-cut three times from Smokey Shadow and layered on top of each other to form a thicker look. I adhered it at a bit of angle onto an Ocean Tides card front.
This Keep It Simple: Halloween sentiment was stamped onto a strip of white cardstock in True Black ink and adhered it at the same angle as the Text Block die-cuts. I used some silver sparkle fun foam with the stars only die portion of Dangled Stars and adhered them here and there across the card. You could change things up and do this in traditional black and orange if you prefered!
I hope you have enjoyed all the creations that I have shared with you today! Are your creative wheels turning with all the fun Halloween projects you want to make this year, with these new releases? Are there some items that perhaps you didn't think you'd need, that have now jumped to the top of your wish list? We would love to hear your initial thoughts on everything we introduced! Please leave a comment on this post to tell us what you think of the new products and you will be eligible to win big!
$75 Papertrey Ink Gift Certificate
to spend however you choose!
You have until 7am EST, August 12th to leave your comment and be eligible to win. Only one comment per person please. One randomly selected winner will be announced on our August Release Winners Page before noon EST the same day. Thank you for stopping by today and best of luck with the contest!
Maile Belles will be featuring Along Came a Spider and Text Block: Halloween die.
Laura Bassen will be highlighting Happy Spooky Halloween and Dangled Stars dies.
Ashley Cannon Newell will be showcasing Haunted Borders, Keep It Simple: Halloween and Candy Corn Collage die.
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SPIDER WEB HALLOWEEN CARD
- STAMPS: Along Came a Spider, Full Moon, Keep It Simple: Halloween (available August 15th)
- INK: True Black, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, VersaMark
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, True Black
- OTHER: Limitless Layers: 2-1/2" Circle die, Along Came a Spider die, White Filigree Embossing Powder, black floss
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
TOO CUTE TO SPOOK CARD
- STAMPS: Happy Spooky Halloween, Haunted Borders (available August 15th)
- INK: True Black, Simply Chartreuse, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, True Black, Fresh Snow
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Smokey Shadow, Limeade ICe, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold
- OTHER: Haunted Borders die, Bubble Talk die
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
ALL ABOUT THE CANDY CARD
- STAMPS: Trick or Treat
- INK: VersaMark
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Soft Stone
- OTHER: Candy Corn Collage die, White Filigree Embossing Powder
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
TICK OR TREAT CAT CARD
- STAMPS: Happy Spooky Halloween (available August 15th) Polka Dot Basics III
- INK: True Black, Simply Chartreuse
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White
- OTHER: Happy Spooky Halloween die, Candy Corn Collage die, black rhinestones, Copic markers (YR12, YR18)
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
SHOOT FOT THE MOON CARD
- STAMPS: Super Stars
- INK: Palette Charcoal
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Limeade Ice, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, Soft Stone
- OTHER: Dangled Stars die, 2-way glue pen, Prisma Glitter
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
TRICK OR TREAT STARS CARD
- STAMPS: Keep It Simple: Halloween (available August 15th)
- INK: True Black
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Smokey Shadow, Ocean Tides
- OTHER: Text Block: Halloween die, Dangled Stars die, silver sparkle fun foam (Hobby Lobby)
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
